Our Bodies Not Ourselves

The book, an ethnography and Western cultural history of aging and gender, draws upon history, culture, and social media, the authors' own experiences as women of seventy, and conversations and correspondence with more than two-hundred women aged from sixtyish to one hundred in its coverage of sexuality, gender norms, and relationships.

Kathryn A. Kirigin is Professor Emerita at the University of Kansas, USA. Her writing has appeared in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, among others. Carol A.B. Warren is Professor Emerita at the University of Kansas, USA. She is the author of ten books, most recently The Lotos Eaters: Aging and Identity in a Yacht Club Community (Routledge, 2016), and nearly fifty articles, papers and reviews.

Acknowledgments Prologue: Our Bodies Not Ourselves Chapter 1: The Aging Body From Past to Present PART I THE PRIVATE BODY Chapter 2: The Edifice: From Skeleton to Skin Chapter 3: Brain and Sense: The Pains and Pleasures of the Flesh PART II: THE PUBLIC BODY Chapter 4: The Body Observed: From Head to Toe Chapter 5: The Body in Outline: Unbearable Weight PART III: THE BODY WITH OTHERS Chapter 6: The Hall of Mirrors: Aging in Sexual and Social Relationships Chapter 7: Epilogue: Our Bodies Ourselves